Ash and garbage can.



H. BAUMAN.

ASH AND GARBAGE CAN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 12, 1913.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

WITNESSES HERMAN BAUMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ASH AND GARBAGE CAN.

insaaee.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Apr. 13, 19115..

Application filed May 12, 1913. Serial No. 766,982.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN BAUMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Ash and Garbage Can, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to metallic receptacles, and more particularly to ash and garbage cans.

The general objects of the invention are to improve and simplify the construction of articles of the class referred to so as to be of durable and substantial design to withstand rough handling, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

More specifically the objects of the invention are to provide a novel form of can or body wherein one side of the latter is flat so that the cover of the can can be thrown to open position behind and against the flat side of the body so as to be out of the way, the cover being permanently attached to the body of the can both in its open and closed position, so that the cover cannot become lost, injured or otherwise rendered useless.

Another object of the invention is the provision of spaced vertically disposed guideways formed by angle irons or other reinforcing elements applied to the body of the can so as to receive the opposite edges of the cover when the latter is moved to open position, there being stops on the no per ends of the said angle irons with which engage lugs on the cover to retain the latter in place and allow the cover to swing open and then to drop into the guideways when the cover is to be placed in fully open position.

An additional object is the provision of a catch device arranged on the body of the can between the above mentioned guideways so as to engage the cover when in fully open position and hold the cover against movement while the can is inverted to dump out the contents thereof.

With these objects in View, and others as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be more fully described hereinafter and set forth with particularity in the claims appended hereto.

lfn the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one embodiment of the invention, and wherein similar reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 1s a perspective view of the can with the cover in closed position; Fig. 2 is a similar V ew with the cover in fully open position; Fig. 3 1s a vertical section of the can; Fig. 4 1s a plan view of the cover removed; and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view showing the cover-holding catch whereby the cover 1s retained in fully open position.

Referring to the drawing, A designates the body of the receptacle or can which may be made of galvanized sheet metal or other suitable material having any desired arrangement of reinforcing bands 1 and 2 and reinforcing bars 3, whereby the body is greatly stiffened and strengthened. The body in horizontal crosssection is approximately semi-elliptical with a plane or flat side 4, and at the opposite edges of this flat side 4 are vertically disposed angle-irons 5 which form reinforcing elements. The webs or flanges a of these angle-irons 5 are spaced from the flat side 4: so as to form guideways or grooves 6 between the flanges a and wall 4 of the can. lhe flanges of the bars 5 are secured by rivets or the like 7 to the body of the can but the flanges a have no connection with the body except by bolts 8 on which are separators or washers 9 so as to keep the wall 4 separated from the flanges a in order to provide the guideways 6. The upper ends of the flanges a are bent or otherwise formed into stops or hinge members 10 which project above the top of the can body.

The cover 13 is shaped to close the can body andmay be made of galvanized sheetmetal or other material, and secured thereto is a U-shaped reinforcing bar or element 11 that has its extremities12 bent laterally in opposite directions to form lugs or hinge members thatare adapted to cooperate with the stops or hinge members 10 on the can body, said lugs 12 being in outstanding relation from the straight rear edge 13 of the cover B. When the cover is in closed position, as shown in Fig. '1, it rests on the can body with the lugs 12 engaged under the stops 10 so that the rear partof the cover cannot be raised. The cover, however, can swing upwardly while the lugs 12 are engagedunder the stops 10, and when the cover is in a vertical position the side edges 14L thereof will enter the passageways 6 so that the cover can slide down along and behind the flat wall 4 of the can body, the lugs 12 sliding on the outer surfaces of the flanges a of the angle-irons 5. The downward movement of the cover to open position is limited by stops 15 formed by the nuts or heads of the bolts or rivets 8. The cover B has a transverse bulge adjacent its edge 13 to form a shoulder 16, as clearly shown in Fig. 5, and fastened on the wall at of the body is a spring catch 1:? which yields toward the walls 4: as the coverslides downwardly and then snaps into engagement with the shoulder 16, as shown in Fig. 5, so that when the can is inverted when the cover is open, as shownlin Fig. 2, the cover will not ,slide out. The cover is released by gripping the handle 18 and exerting an upward pull thereon whereby the tension of the spring catch 17 is overcome. The cover is pulled upwardly until the side edges 1st are disengaged from the guideways 6 and the lugs 12 are engaged with the stops 10, and when the cover is in this'position it can swing downwardly to closethe can. The cover cannot shift open horizontally to the front or rear because the lugs 12 engage behind the stopslOand the rear edge 18 of the cover engages the front of the said stops and lateral shifting of the cover is prevented by reasonof the lugs 12 being disposed between the stops 10. It will be noted that when the cover. is in fully open position it lies wholly below the top of the can body so that the edge ofthe cover cannot'be struck in the act of dumping the can, and further more the cover is fully protected against injury so that it will always retain its shape. The cover is easily and quickly opened or closed'and there are no working parts that can get out of order under ordinary handli-ng of the can. a

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the. method of operation and of the device shown will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains,-and while I have described the device which I new consider to be the best embodimentthereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes maybe made when desired as are within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to. secure by Letters Patent: 7 V

1. A can comprising a body having a flat back wall, reinforcing angle bars disposed at the edges between the back and side walls of the body and having flanges secured to the side walls and flanges spaced behind the back wall to form vertically disposed guideways, a single piece cover for the can and of such width as to extend between the bars with the opposite edges engaging in the guideways, stops at the upper ends of the bars, and means on the cover cooperating with the stops when the cover is out of the guideways to form a hinged connection between the cover and body of the can.

2. A can comprising a body, a cover, op positely extending lugs on the cover and projecting from the rear edge thereof, stops on the body under which the lugs engage for connecting the cover to the body, and relatively disposed guideways on the body into which the side edges of the cover slide when the cover moves to closed position, said side edges of the cover being disposed wholly out of the guideways when in closed position.

3. An ash or garbage can comprising a body, reinforcing elements secured to the body and forming therewith guideways, stops on the upper ends of the elements, a cover of such dimensions as to enter the said guideways as the cover is moved open, and lugs on the cover extending between the said stops and engaging behind the same to connect the cover with the said body, the edge of the cover adjacent the said lugs being adapted to engage in front of said stops.

'4. An ash or garbage can comprising a body, vertically disposed guideways thereon, a cover 'of such width that its opposite edges will enter the guideways in the opening movement of the cover, devices for limiting the opening movement of the cover, a

spring catch on the body for engaging the cover to hold the same releasably in open position, and means for retaining the cover on the body and permitting the cover to have a swinging movement when the cover is out of said guideways.

5. An ash or garbage can con'ipi-ising a body, upwardly extending stops thereon, a cover, and reinforcing elements on the cover having their ends extending rearwardly from the edge of the cover and then later ally, said elements being so ar 'anged as to extend between the said stops and behind the latter with the rear edge of the cover in front of the said stops.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERMAN BAUMAN.

Witnesses G. BRQDWAY, Pn mr I). RoLLnAUs.

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